History 150 Chapter 16

The famous motto of the French Revolution was

"Liberty, Equality, Fraternity"

The immediate results of the overthrow of Robespierre were all of the following except

A successful counter-revolt by the sans-culottes

Napoleon Bonaparte made his early military reputation with the early victories in

A successful invasion of Italy followed by the Egyptian expedition

The major accomplishments of the National Assembly [Estates General] during the French Revolution included

A written constitution

Under the direction of the Mountain, the National Convention

A.)Expelled and arrested the leaders of the Gironde B.) Enacted a law of the Maximum to control the price of bread and flour C.)Selected a committee of Public Safety to carry out radical revolutionary programs

The war that broke out in 1792 between France and much of Europe was caused by

A.)The threatening attitudes of European monarchs, egged on as they were by exiled French aristocrats, toward the Revolution B.)The belief of the French royal family that defeat would mean the restoration of the old monarchy C.)The hope of French radicals that the war would expose the inefficiency and disloyalty of the king, paving the way for a republic

The most important cause of the French financial crisis of the late 1780's was

An inadequate taxation and banking system

The Parisian fortress captured by the populace on July 14, 1789 was the

Bastille

Manon Roland

Became the power behind her husband when he was a government minister in 1792-1793

In his military career, Napoleon invaded all of the following except (Russia, Spain, Austria, Britain)

Britain

The French Revolution was in part precipitated

By a major financial crisis that weakened monarchical government

Upon seizing power in France, Napoleon Bonaparte

Consolidated his rule by employing and seeking support from a combination of Jacobins, Old Regime Officials, returning emigrant nobles, and Catholics

The Constituent or National Assembly in France

Converted France into a constitutional monarchy

The Third Estate at the Estates General of 1789

Demanded that all three estates meet together and vote individually, assuring that the Third would dominate the Estates General

Point out the incorrect reason for growing European resistance to Napoleonic rule

Dissatisfaction with the Napoleonic Code because it embodied the principles of the French Revolution of

The Civil Constitution of the Clergy

Divided the French Catholic population

As part of his effort to consolidate his rule in France, Napoleon Bonaparte did all of the following except

Establish free, democratic elections

Napoleon's invasion of Russia failed for several reasons, including

He faced a lack of adequate supplies and a hard, cold winter

The military defeat of Napoleon was accomplished in 1813-1815 at the following battles

Leipzig-Waterloo

The king of France at the beginning of the French Revolution was

Louis XVI

Those in the Estates General who took the Tennis Court Oath vowed to

Not to separate until they had written a constitution for France

The "Thermidorian Reaction" during the French Revolution came when the Convention overthrew and executed

Robespierre

A Major uprising against Napoleon's brother Joseph Bonaparte, who had been made king by Napoleonic decree, took place in

Spain

In the New World, the French Revolution inspired a major slave revolt in

St. Domingue (Haiti)

The French Revolutionary regime that followed the overthrow of Robespierre was called

The Directory

Because of fiscal problems and rising discontent, Louis XVI of France was forced to summon

The Estates General

Such developments in the French Revolution as the attack on the Catholic Church, new laws on marriage and divorce, and the adoption of the Revolutionary calendar were part of the phase of the Revolution called

The Republic of Virtue

A sign of growing discontent in France with the Terror and the Republic of Virtue was

The anti-Revolutionary revolt in the Vendée, The assassination of Marat, and Danton's advice that the Revolution take a more moderate course

In those parts of Europe directly ruled by Napoleon or by his relatives, the following occurred

The imposition of the Napoleon Code

Napoleonic rule in Europe led directly or indirectly to all of the following except

The independence of Canada from Great Britain

On the eve of the French Revolution, the nobility, the middle classes, Enlightenment intellectuals, and peasants all had disagreements with the monarch. Which of the following sets of disagreements is not accurately described?

The nobility resented the loss of their privileges and the ending of serfdom because of the Enlightened Absolutism of Louis XV and Louis XVI

The immediate result of the major European war that broke out in 1792 was

The occasion for the overthrow of the monarchy in August, 1792

The basic purpose of Napoleon's Continental System was

To harm the British economy by preventing Britain from exporting its manufacturers to Europe

The major purpose of the Terror during the French Revolution was

To protect the new French Republic from its enemies and to satisfy the demands by the sans-culottes for immediate action against those enemies

The Republic of Virtue

Was an attempt to infuse all aspects of French life with revolutionary policitcs

The Thermidorian Reaction

Was the overthrow and execution of Robespierre and the end of Terror

The Jacobins and the Girondins

Were rival revolutionary political factions in the National Convention

The Parisian sans-culottes

Were the backbone of Parisian radicalism and egalitarianism during the French Revolution

In spite of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen

Women did not receive political rights